The 40-year-old Nigerian, identified only as Mike is believed to be behind scams totalling Sh6 billion ($60 million) involving hundreds of victims worldwide. In one case a target was conned into paying Sh1.5 billion ($15.4 million), according to Interpol. Updated Tue, August 2nd 2016 at 09:01 GMT +3The head of an international criminal network behind thousands of online frauds has been arrested in a joint operation by Interpol and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission.

Source: Standard Digital August 02, 2016 06:11 UTC